Before calling their next witness, the prosecution asked Judge Melville for permission to admit some additional exhibits into evidence. Those exhibits consisted of hotel records from the Turnberry Inn (where Jackson, his entourage, and the Arvizos stayed during their trip to Miami from February 5th through 7th, 2003), Calabasas Inn & Country Suites (where the Arvizos stayed temporarily on February 25th, 2003), and the Beverly Hilton Hotel (where Jackson met Gavin and his father at one point in time). There were no objections from the defense, and Judge Melville admitted the exhibits into evidence as requested:

1 Santa Maria, California

2 Monday, May 2, 2005

3 8:30 a.m.

4

5 THE COURT: Good morning, everyone.

6 THE JURY: (In unison) Good morning.

7 THE COURT: Call your next witness.

8 MR. SNEDDON: Good morning, Your Honor.

9 Before we get started this morning, we have

10 some records that we want to move into evidence.

11 I’ve discussed it with Mr. Sanger.

12 And the first set of records involves the

13 documents that have been marked as Exhibits 200

14 through 218 for identification. We have the

15 custodian of records certification from the

16 Turnberry Inn, and we would move at this time that

17 the documents 200 through 218 be admitted into

18 evidence as business records and duly certified.

19 MR. SANGER: No objection.

20 THE COURT: They’re admitted, 200 through

21 218.

22 MR. SNEDDON: In addition to that, Your

23 Honor, we would be moving that the records that are

24 No. 255 through 258, which again bear the

25 custodian’s certification from the Beverly Hilton

26 Hotel, be admitted into evidence as Items 255

27 through 258.

28 MR. SANGER: No objection. 8309

1 THE COURT: They’re admitted.

2 MR. SNEDDON: And then one other item of

3 business, Your Honor, that we will complete at the

4 break, but I wanted to bring to the Court’s

5 attention, we have some records that have been

6 produced pursuant to a subpoena duces tecum from the

7 Calabasas Inn & Country Suites, which are documents

8 219 through 222. And while there are copies in the

9 Court’s original, we want to be able to check the

10 ones that came in to make sure they’re exactly like

11 the ones that are in the document, and we’ll do that

12 during the break.

13 And we’ll be offering those later after

14 Mr. Sanger and I have had a chance to review it, but

15 I’d like just a stipulation that the clerk can

16 provide that to us to examine during the course of

17 the break.

18 THE COURT: Do you agree, Mr. Sanger?

19 MR. SANGER: Yes, Your Honor.

20 THE COURT: All right. That will be the

21 order.

22 MR. SNEDDON: Thank you very much, Your

23 Honor.

24 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: Good morning, Your Honor.

25 The People call Beverly Wagner.

26 THE COURT: When you get to the witness

27 stand, please remain standing.

28 Look over here. Face the clerk, raise your 8310

1 right hand.

The next prosecution witness was Beverly Wagner, the manager of the bank where two large checks from a Neverland Valley Entertainment bank account were cashed on April 2nd, 2003. They were written in the amounts of one million dollars and five hundred thousand dollars, and they exceeded the approval authority of the local bank manager, so Wagner was notified that she must personally approve of the transactions. Marc Schaffel gave the bank seven days’ notice, and literally walked out with $1.5 million dollars in cold, hard cash!

The prosecution obviously thought that somehow this was related to the “conspiracy” to fly the Arvizos to Brazil, although Auchincloss failed to insinuate this during his direct examination, but he was sure to emphasize that only Schaffel and Jackson were approved signatories on that particular account (i.e., only they could withdraw money):

14 DIRECT EXAMINATION

15 BY MR. AUCHINCLOSS:

16 Q. Good morning, Miss Wagner.

17 A. Good morning.

18 Q. Who do you work for, please?

19 A. U.S. Bank.

20 Q. What do you do for U.S. Bank?

21 BAILIFF CORTEZ: Your microphone, sir.

22 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: I’m sorry.

23 Q. What do you do for U.S. Bank?

24 A. I’m the bank manager at the bank.

25 Q. Which bank?

26 A. Right now I’m at the 4th and Wilshire

27 office.

28 Q. In the year 2003, did you work at a 8311

1 different branch?

2 A. Yes.

3 Q. What branch was that?

4 A. The 23rd and Santa Monica branch.

5 Q. And were you branch manager for that

6 particular branch?

7 A. Yes.

8 Q. That second branch, what is the city that

9 that’s located in?

10 A. Santa Monica —

11 Q. Okay.

12 A. — California.

13 Q. What is the branch that you worked at in

14 2003? Where was that? What city was that in?

15 A. 2221 Santa Monica Boulevard in Santa Monica.

16 Q. In Santa Monica, all right. Very good.

17 May I approach, Your Honor?

18 THE COURT: You may.

19 Q. BY MR. AUCHINCLOSS: I’m going to show you

20 two exhibits, which appear to be copies of checks.

21 The first one has been marked as People’s Exhibit

22 418, page three. It appears to be a check from

23 Neverland Valley Entertainment dated April 2nd,

24 2003.

25 Do you recognize that check?

26 A. Yes.

27 Q. How is it that you recognize that check?

28 A. From the name on the account and the routing 8312

1 number for U.S. Bank, and the account number.

2 Q. All right. Did you participate personally

3 in the cashing of that check as branch manager for

4 U.S. Bank?

5 A. Yes.

6 Q. And were you working at the Santa Monica

7 branch at that time?

8 A. Yes.

9 Q. And did you — how is it that you personally

10 participated in the cashing of that check?

11 A. This is way above the approval limit for a

12 branch manager, and I had to get authority to even

13 cash the check, so it had to come through my hands.

14 Q. How much is that check for?

15 A. One million dollars.

16 Q. And can you tell me in what manner that

17 check was cashed? In other words, was it deposited?

18 Was it — did the bank disburse those funds in other

19 methods? Tell me exactly how the individual cashed

20 that check.

21 A. Cash.

22 Q. They walked in with this check and walked

23 out with one million dollars in cash?

24 A. Yes.

25 Q. Did the bank have to make any special

26 arrangements to put together that much money in

27 cash?

28 A. Yes. 8313

1 Q. How much advance time is necessary for an

2 individual to notify the bank that it will need to

3 have certain funds on hand for a large cash

4 disbursement like this?

5 MR. SANGER: Objection; relevance.

6 THE COURT: Overruled.

7 You may answer.

8 THE WITNESS: A minimum of about seven days.

9 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: All right.

10 THE COURT: What’s the exhibit number,

11 Counsel?

12 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: It’s —

13 THE CLERK: 418.

14 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: — 418, page three.

15 THE COURT: Thank you.

16 Q. BY MR. AUCHINCLOSS: All right. I now show

17 you Exhibit 419, page three. Did you also

18 participate in the cashing of that check?

19 A. Yes.

20 Q. That check is for how much?

21 A. $500,000.

22 Q. And did the same individual who cashed this

23 first check cash that second check?

24 A. Yes.

25 Q. Was this check also cashed for currency?

26 A. Yes.

27 Q. So the individual walked in with this check

28 and walked out with $500,000 in U.S. currency? 8314

1 A. Yes.

2 Q. The individual who cashed these two checks,

3 what is his name?

4 A. Fred Schaffel.

5 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: If I may ask Madam Clerk

6 to help me find a photograph.

7 If I can just have a moment, Your Honor.

8 Q. Miss Wagner, I show you People’s Exhibit 16.

9 Do you recognize that individual?

10 A. Yes.

11 Q. Who is that?

12 A. Fred Schaffel.

13 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: Thank you. I have no

14 further questions.

15 THE COURT: Cross-examine?

16 MR. SANGER: Thank you, Your Honor.

17 Do you want to take your book there? Are

18 the exhibits up there?

19 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: Yeah.

20 MR. SANGER: Excuse me one second.

21 May I confer with counsel?

22 Do you have the official exhibit book there?

23 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: Yes.

24 (Off-the-record discussion held at counsel

25 table.)

26 MR. SANGER: May I proceed, Your Honor?

27 THE COURT: Yes.

28 MR. SANGER: Thank you. 8315

Under cross-examination, Sanger distanced Jackson from Schaffel’s transactions by asking Sanger to confirm that Jackson didn’t personally cash the checks, nor was he at the bank:

1 CROSS-EXAMINATION

2 BY MR. SANGER:

3 Q. Miss Wagner, how are you?

4 A. I’m good, thank you.

5 Q. You were the branch manager at the 2nd and

6 Santa Monica branch, is that what you said?

7 A. The 23rd and Santa Monica branch.

8 Q. 23rd. I can’t read my handwriting. Sorry.

9 A. Okay.

10 Q. In any event, is that a branch where

11 Frederic Marc Schaffel had one or more accounts?

12 A. Yes, sir.

13 Q. How many accounts did he have?

14 A. I believe it was three.

15 Q. Okay. And you produced records for his

16 accounts, correct?

17 A. Pardon me?

18 Q. You produced records for his accounts to the

19 Court?

20 A. Um — what — I’m not sure what records

21 you’re talking about.

22 Q. Okay.

23 A. Oh, yes. For — yes, we did. U.S. Bank.

24 Yeah. I’m sorry.

25 Q. Yes. I believe — the District Attorney

26 referred to you at one point as a custodian of

27 records?

28 A. Yes. 8316

1 Q. Excuse me. So you were responsible for

2 having records sent to the Court —

3 A. Yes, sir.

4 Q. — at some earlier time?

5 A. Uh-huh.

6 Q. And now you’ve identified two checks. And

7 you’re telling us on these two checks, Exhibits 418

8 and 419, page three in each one, that you personally

9 participated in those transactions?

10 A. Yes, sir.

11 Q. So you remember Mr. Schaffel coming in and

12 getting cash for those two checks; is that correct?

13 A. Yes, sir.

14 Q. All right. Now, you see my client, Mr.

15 Jackson, sitting there, correct?

16 A. Yes, sir.

17 Q. Okay. Did Mr. Jackson come in the bank?

18 A. No.

19 Q. Have you ever seen Mr. Jackson before in

20 person?

21 A. No.

22 Q. All right. Now, with regard to Mr. Schaffel

23 and the records you produced, is it true that in his

24 three accounts during, let’s say, the first six

25 months of 2003, that millions of dollars went

26 through his accounts?

27 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: I’m going to object to

28 reference to records that are not exhibits in this 8317

1 case as well as beyond the scope.

2 THE COURT: Sustained.

3 Q. BY MR. SANGER: Well, let’s put it this way:

4 You — as the branch manager and as the custodian of

5 records, you reviewed the records before they were

6 sent up here, right?

7 A. Not fully.

8 Q. Okay. Were you aware that Mr. Schaffel was

9 a customer of the bank?

10 A. Yes.

11 Q. Okay. And you knew that personally; is that

12 correct?

13 A. Yes.

14 Q. And you knew it personally in part because

15 you cashed these two checks for him, right?

16 A. Yes.

17 Q. Did you have other dealings with him?

18 A. No.

19 Q. So the two times you really remember seeing

20 Mr. Schaffel in person were with regard to these two

21 checks; is that right?

22 A. Yes.

23 Q. Okay. All right. A little hesitancy. You

24 may have seen them —

25 A. More than twice, yes.

26 Q. But the two that stick out in your mind were

27 these two, I take it?

28 A. Yes, sir. 8318

1 Q. I guess what I’m getting at is, to cash

2 these checks, you had to make sure he really was a

3 customer of your bank, right?

4 A. Yes, sir.

5 Q. All right. And had he been a customer of

6 your bank for a long time?

7 A. Yes.

8 Q. All right. And during the course of his

9 being a customer for your bank, did you conclude

10 that he was trustworthy as far as dealing with him

11 on these two rather large checks?

12 A. Yes.

13 Q. Now, the checks were drawn on an account

14 that’s called Neverland Valley Entertainment; is

15 that correct?

16 A. Yes, sir.

17 Q. And was it your understanding that Mr.

18 Schaffel was the signatore on that account?

19 A. Yes.

20 Q. Was there anybody else who was a signatore

21 on that account?

22 A. Yes.

23 Q. Who else?

24 A. Michael Jackson.

25 Q. Did Mr. Jackson ever sign any checks, to

26 your knowledge, or sign any documents whatsoever on

27 that account?

28 A. Yes. 8319

1 Q. Other than the signature cards?

2 A. I’m not sure.

3 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: Objection; foundation.

4 THE COURT: Sustained.

5 MR. SANGER: All right.

6 Q. Did you review the records to determine

7 whether or not Mr. Jackson ever signed anything

8 other than the signature cards on that account?

9 A. No, sir.

10 Q. All right. And you did not verify Mr.

11 Jackson’s signature other than it was on the

12 signature card; is that correct?

13 A. Yes.

14 Q. Okay. In other words, he didn’t come in and

15 sign in your presence?

16 A. No.

17 Q. You ended up looking in your records and you

18 saw a signature card that appeared to have a

19 signature for Michael Jackson; is that right?

20 A. Yes.

21 Q. All right. And other than that, all of your

22 dealings, as far as you know, were with Frederic

23 Marc Schaffel, is that correct, on these accounts?

24 A. No.

25 Q. Were there other people that may have come

26 in?

27 A. Not come in. But that I spoke with.

28 Q. Spoke with. Okay. All right. And you do 8320

1 not know what happened to this money after Mr.

2 Schaffel walked out of the bank with it; is that

3 correct?

4 A. No.

5 MR. SANGER: All right. And I have no

6 further questions.

Under redirect examination, Nicola attempted to get Wagner to disclose the contents of the conversations that she had with Jackson about that particular account, but she couldn’t she couldn’t remember, and Nicola ended his redirect examination. Sanger declined to recross examine Wagner:

8 REDIRECT EXAMINATION

9 BY MR. AUCHINCLOSS:

10 Q. Were Michael Jackson and Frederic Marc

11 Schaffel the only two authorized individuals as far

12 as to remove funds from this account?

13 A. Yes.

14 Q. And you said you spoke to someone else other

15 than Marc Schaffel about these accounts. Who was

16 that?

17 A. I think at one time I spoke with Michael.

18 Q. Do you remember what that was about?

19 MR. SANGER: I’m going to object. That

20 calls for hearsay. Calls for hearsay and there’s a

21 lack of foundation.

22 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: Offered as an admission.

23 THE COURT: The objection is overruled.

24 You may answer.

25 Q. BY MR. AUCHINCLOSS: Do you remember what

26 that was about?

27 A. No. Not really.

28 Q. Did it have something to do with this 8321

1 account?

2 MR. SANGER: I’m going to object. That’s

3 leading and no foundation.

4 THE COURT: Overruled.

5 You may answer.

6 THE WITNESS: Yes.

7 MR. AUCHINCLOSS: All right. Thank you very

8 much.

9 MR. SANGER: No further questions.

10 THE COURT: All right. Thank you. You may

11 step down.

12 THE WITNESS: Thank you.

13 THE COURT: Call your next witness.

14 MR. NICOLA: The next witness will be Craig

15 Bonner.

16 THE COURT: You may be seated. You’re still

17 under oath.

Sergeant Craig Bonner was recalled to the witness stand to testify about the phone records that he put together and analyzed for the prosecution:

23 DIRECT EXAMINATION

24 BY MR. NICOLA:

25 Q. Good morning, Sergeant Bonner.

26 A. Good morning.

27 Q. With respect to your investigation in this

28 case, did you have occasion to gather, sort and 8322

1 analyze telephone records and subscriber

2 information?

3 A. Yes, I did.

4 Q. Do you see the stack of phone exhibits

5 sitting on counsel table? I believe they’re 450

6 through 459.

7 A. Yes, I’m quite familiar with them.

8 Q. Do you recognize those exhibits?

9 A. I’m quite familiar, yes.

10 Q. And did you play a role in putting those

11 exhibits together and analyzing the information that

12 was contained within them?

13 A. I did.

14 Q. Can you briefly and generally explain to the

15 jury the process that was used to — the initial

16 step used in getting a handle on the information

17 that’s in those exhibits?

18 A. Yes. Basically we obtained quite a number

19 of telephone records through search warrant and

20 subpoena. We amassed those records and brought them

21 into a computer database, used that computer

22 database to compile and sort those records into a

23 format where we could begin to see patterns of calls

24 and who was calling whom.

25 We then utilized that information to cut out

26 the unnecessary material, or the material which we

27 could not substantiate through other evidence, and

28 we have brought that together now into exhibits that 8323

1 will show just those phone calls that are pertinent,

2 and we have done that in a visual manner as well as

3 in a document that will back up that visual manner.

4 Q. Okay. I think we missed a step. With

5 respect to the information that was generated and

6 you created a spreadsheet from it, can you explain

7 to the jury how you verified the information that

8 was in your spreadsheets?

9 A. The computer database basically put together

10 a list of the calls that it said occurred between

11 our involved parties to ensure that that list was

12 correct. We then went into those records, which are

13 the actual records sent by the phone companies, and

14 we verified each and every call that the computer

15 said occurred, and we have noted where that call

16 occurs within those records.

17 Q. Okay. Did you prepare some exhibits for

18 court today to demonstrate your testimony?

19 A. I did.

20 Q. As soon as I finish marking the last of

21 these pages I’ll show you the exhibit, okay? I

22 apologize.

23 I’ll ask you whether you reviewed the

24 records from the Turnberry Resort – and I’ll show

25 you those documents in a minute – while you were

26 conducting your phone analysis?

27 A. That’s correct.

28 Q. Did you review records from The Beverly 8324

1 Hilton? And I’ll also show you those exhibits in a

2 minute.

3 A. Yes, I did.

4 Q. Did you examine the record from Huntel with

5 respect to air-ground communication for a flight

6 occurring on February 7th of 2003?

7 A. Yes, I did.

Nicola spent the remainder of his direct examination asking Bonner to explain the complex, convoluted phone charts that indicate who called who, when they called, and how long each call lasted. This is arguably the most useless “evidence” that was presented during the trial, as it failed to implicate Jackson in any sort of “conspiracy”.

Here is an excerpt where Bonner describes in detail his phone charts, and the dates that each chart covers; notice how Exhibits 859 through 867, 871, and 875 through 879 are all introduced into evidence after Bonner confirms that he recognizes them. This is a very crucial aspect of this testimony, because later on Nicola will realize that there is a material error, and try to get an exhibit removed, which is just another example of the absurdity of this evidence, and the conspiracy charge, and the entire trial in general!

18 Q. BY MR. NICOLA: I ask if you recognize

19 Exhibit 859?

20 A. Yes, I do.

21 Q. What does 859 contain?

22 A. 859 is the visual chart documenting

23 telephone calls between the involved parties on

24 February 5th, 2003.

25 Q. Is there also a document behind the visual

26 chart?

27 A. There is. It’s an Excel spreadsheet, which

28 is the verification of each call that is claimed on 8325

1 the visual chart.

2 Q. And did you create or cause to be created

3 these charts?

4 A. I did.

5 Q. And did you cause to be created 859 through

6 882?

7 A. I did.

8 Q. Okay. Now, with respect to testifying about

9 the contents of these exhibits, 859 through 882, did

10 you delegate some other of your colleagues to assist

11 you?

12 A. I did.

13 Q. And which exhibits will you be testifying to

14 today, if you could please the tell jury now?

15 A. I will testify to 859, 860, 861, 862, 863,

16 864, 865, 866, 867, 871, 875, 876, 877, 878 and 879.

17 Q. Okay. With respect to Exhibit Nos. 859

18 through 867, are those telephone charts and

19 spreadsheets between the period of February 5th of

20 2003 and February 16th of 2003?

21 A. That’s correct.

22 Q. Exhibit 871, is that the chart and the

23 spreadsheet for February 20th of 2003?

24 A. That’s correct.

25 Q. And with respect to Exhibits No. 875 through

26 879, do those cover the dates of March 5th, 2003,

27 through March 9th of 2003?

28 A. That’s correct. 8326

1 Q. Turning your attention to Exhibit No. 859,

2 would you briefly describe for us in general terms

3 what is depicted on the chart?

4 A. This chart depicts a number of calls that

5 occur between various individuals that have came up

6 during this investigation, including Frank Cascio,

7 Marc Schaffel, Jay Jackson, Evelyn Tavasci, as well

8 as a number of telephones that come back registered

9 to the Turnberry Resort in Florida.

10 Q. Okay. And do the numbers and links on that

11 chart accurately reflect the information that you

12 gleaned from the telephone records you’ve testified

13 about previously?

14 A. That’s correct.

15 Q. And does the information supporting the

16 links you make on Chart 859 provided in the Excel

17 spreadsheets an accurate depiction of what is on the

18 charts?

19 A. That is correct.

20 MR. NICOLA: Your Honor, I would move 859

21 into evidence at this time.

22 MR. SANGER: I have a concern about

23 foundation and relevance as to all of the entries,

24 but I’ll submit it at this point subject to

25 cross-examination.

26 THE COURT: All right. I’ll admit them.

27 Q. BY MR. NICOLA: I’d ask you the same

28 questions about Exhibits 860 through 867. Do each 8327

1 of those charts represent individuals that came up

2 in your investigation, including the people you just

3 mentioned, and link telephone calls between phones

4 registered in their names?

5 A. That’s correct.

6 Q. And do each of those exhibits also contain a

7 spreadsheet supporting the information you placed on

8 the flow chart?

9 A. That is correct.

10 MR. NICOLA: Your Honor, at this time we’d

11 move 860 through 867 into evidence as well.

12 MR. SANGER: Same objection, Your Honor.

13 THE COURT: All right. They’re admitted.

14 Q. BY MR. NICOLA: I have the same question

15 about Exhibit 871 and Exhibits 875 through 879. Do

16 each of the charts in those exhibits accurately

17 reflect the telephone calls between the phones

18 listed on the charts that are connected to

19 individuals in this investigation, and is there an

20 Excel spreadsheet accompanying each chart supporting

21 the information that’s in the charts?

22 A. That’s correct.

23 MR. NICOLA: We’d move 871 and 875 through

24 879 into evidence, Your Honor.

25 MR. SANGER: Same objection.

26 THE COURT: All right. They’re admitted.

On a funny note, Nicola’s true intentions were revealed when he asked Bonner to “indoctrinate” the jury about the people who made each call, and it was quickly objected to by the defense! It’s only fitting that the term “indoctrinate” was used, because that is exactly what both the prosecution and the media tried to do to both the jury and the general public, respectively; they wanted everyone indoctrinated with the belief that Jackson truly guilty of all of those accusations, but as we all know by now they failed miserably.

2 THE COURT: Go ahead.

3 MR. NICOLA: Thank you, Your Honor.

4 Q. Sergeant Bonner, with respect to the call

5 between —

6 BAILIFF CORTEZ: Microphone, sir.

7 MR. NICOLA: Thank you.

8 Q. Sergeant Bonner, with respect to the call

9 between the Cascio phone and the Neverland Valley

10 Ranch phones occurring at 1544, or 3:44 in the

11 afternoon, was that a four-minute call?

12 A. That was a four-minute call.

13 Q. Okay. And were there also calls between the

14 Cascio phone and the Neverland Ranch phone that

15 occurred from between 35 and 45 seconds, in addition

16 to that one?

17 A. I see two other calls.

18 Q. Okay. And did they last for that period of

19 time, between 35 and 45 seconds?

20 A. Correction, I’m sorry. There’s three other

21 calls. Yes, 35 seconds and 45 seconds.

22 Q. If you could turn to the next exhibit in

23 order, please, Exhibit 863.

24 MR. SANGER: Which is what, 2-12?

25 MR. NICOLA: 2-12.

26 Q. Is that 2-12, Detective?

27 A. That’s correct.

28 Q. Now, to your knowledge, was February 12th 8356

1 the day the Arvizos left Neverland Ranch the first

2 time?

3 A. I believe it is about that time frame, yes.

4 Q. And beginning at the upper left-hand corner,

5 please, can you indoctrinate the jury as to the

6 individual names you have up there by those phones?

7 MR. SANGER: I’m not sure “indoctrinate” was

8 the correct word, so I object.

9 THE COURT: All you do is quibble.

10 (Laughter.)

11 THE COURT: Is that an objection?

12 MR. SANGER: It’s an objection.

13 THE COURT: All right. Sustained.

14 Q. BY MR. NICOLA: Could you explain, please?

15 A. Absolutely. The first phone we have is a

16 telephone number that is registered to the Law Firm

17 of Geragos & Geragos. We then have a telephone that

18 is registered to Ann Kite, a telephone that is

19 registered to Azia Pryor. And the telephone number

20 that is registered to David Ventura, Janet Arvizo’s

21 parents. Again, we have telephones that are

22 registered to Frank Cascio and telephones that are

23 registered to Marc Schaffel. We also have a

24 telephone registered to Christopher Carter,

25 Neverland Valley Ranch, and a couple of telephones

26 associated with Evelyn Tavasci’s residence. One is

27 the primary, another is a secondary line. We then

28 have a telephone registered to Hamid Moslehi. 8357

1 Again, one registered to Christian Robinson under

2 the business name Site LLC. A telephone associated

3 with Vincent Amen. And a telephone associated with

4 David LeGrand.

Here is the testimony that I referenced earlier; in this excerpt, Nicola questioned Bonner about 12 phone calls that were placed between the Mark Schaffel and what Bonner thought was the home of Jackson’s personal assistant Evelyn Tavasci, beginning on March 7th, 2003. However, Bonner realized that he made an egregious error, and mislabeled the phone line of Neverland Valley Ranch as Evelyn Tavasci’s line on his phone chart! Nicola requested that the chart (Exhibit 879) be stricken from the record, but Sanger objected and suggested that it remain admitted as evidence, and replaced with a corrected chart:

9 Q. Sergeant Bonner, can you tell us about the

10 middle icon, The Beverly Hilton Kenneth Morgan room?

11 A. As with the Chris Carter room on the

12 previous day, this was a room at The Beverly Hilton

13 which was registered under the name Kenneth Morgan.

14 Q. And in which exhibit did you find the

15 Kenneth Morgan phone records from The Beverly

16 Hilton?

17 A. It was under Exhibit 256.

18 Q. Would you find those in the exhibit book,

19 please?

20 A. Done.

21 Q. Done. When was the first call made from

22 that room and to what number?

23 A. The first call occurred on 3-7, 2003, at

24 9:21 p.m. to the Evelyn Tavasci home line.

25 Q. How many calls were placed to the Evelyn

26 Tavasci home line from the Kenneth Morgan room?

27 A. On the 7th?

28 Q. Yes, please. 8387

1 A. I have a total of four calls.

2 Q. And when was the last phone call between the

3 Kenneth Morgan room and the Evvy Tavasci home?

4 A. At 9:51 p.m.

5 Q. Is there a room charge visible on Exhibit

6 256?

7 A. There is; in the amount of $850.

8 Q. Per night?

9 A. Correct.

10 Q. I believe the next exhibit is 878.

11 MR. SANGER: Your Honor, I’m going to move

12 to strike the last answer for the purpose of

13 objecting to the question. I didn’t know where he

14 was going, but it’s not going anywhere and violates

15 the Court’s rule — ruling, the room charge.

16 THE COURT: Sustained.

17 MR. SANGER: Stricken?

18 THE COURT: Stricken.

19 MR. NICOLA: Stricken?

20 THE COURT: Yes.

21 Q. BY MR. NICOLA: Exhibit 878, is that March

22 8th? I haven’t put it up yet.

23 A. That’s correct.

24 Q. Okay. What do you have listed in Exhibit

25 878?

26 A. Again, we have icons representing telephones

27 associated with individuals and/or locations that

28 have came up during this investigation; namely, 8388

1 starting on the left, Neverland Valley Ranch, Evelyn

2 Tavasci/MJJ Productions, MJJ Productions/Miko

3 Brando, Beverly Hilton, again the Kenneth Morgan

4 room, Evelyn Tavasci/MJJ Productions, and Evelyn

5 Tavasci, home.

6 Q. Are the phone calls between the Evvy Tavasci

7 home and the Kenneth Morgan room also contained in

8 Exhibit 256?

9 A. Yes, they are.

10 Q. And of the 12 calls you have listed, can you

11 tell us which direction they were going?

12 A. All of those are outgoing calls.

13 Q. And over what —

14 A. From the Kenneth Morgan room to the Evelyn

15 Tavasci room, or line.

16 Q. And over what period of time did those 12

17 phone calls span?

18 A. The first call I have occurs at 8:35 a.m. in

19 the morning and the last call occurs at 6:57 p.m. in

20 the evening.

21 Q. Were there calls from the Kenneth Morgan

22 room to two other phones registered to Evvy Tavasci

23 through MJJ Productions?

24 A. There were.

25 Q. And on the right-hand side of that exhibit

26 appears to be the number “3” in the middle of a

27 link. Can you tell us about that phone number,

28 please, between the Kenneth Morgan room and the 8389

1 Evelyn Tavasci MJJ Production phone?

2 A. Okay. That is the — the phone number is

3 (818) 402-7087. It comes back registered to Evelyn

4 Tavasci, MJJ Productions.

5 Q. And in the top center of the page, there’s

6 another telephone with the same icon. Is that a

7 different number with the four connections?

8 A. Actually, I’m sorry, that — the four is the

9 7087 number. The four calls were to that (818)

10 402-7087. And the three calls were to (310)

11 717-8984.

12 Q. The next exhibit in order, please, Exhibit

13 879. Is this the exhibit for Sunday, March the 9th?

14 A. Yes, it is.

15 Q. Can you tell us what time the phone call

16 between the Cascio phone and the Evvy Tavasci second

17 home line was?

18 A. It occurred at 11:34 p.m., and that was an

19 incoming call from Tavasci to the Cascio line.

20 Q. Can you tell us about the phone calls

21 between the Cascio phone and the Schaffel phone on

22 that day?

23 A. I have two telephone calls from the Cascio

24 phone to — correction, one from the Cascio phone to

25 the Schaffel phone. Another one that was an

26 incoming from Schaffel to Cascio. First one was one

27 minute prior to 7 p.m., and the second one was at

28 9:31 p.m. 8390

1 Q. Can you tell us about the 12 phone calls

2 between the Evvy Tavasci/MJJ Production phone and

3 the Schaffel phone, please? Do you know when the

4 first one occurred?

5 A. No. There appears to be an error.

6 Q. That should say “Neverland Valley Ranch”?

7 A. It should.

8 Q. Okay. Can you tell us what time the first

9 call to Neverland Valley Ranch occurred?

10 MR. SANGER: I’m just going to object for

11 the moment, that there is a reference to, “That

12 should be Neverland Valley Ranch,” and it’s not

13 clear what that reference is to.

14 THE COURT: Sustained.

15 Q. BY MR. NICOLA: The 12 phone calls I was

16 referring to should have been referred to as the

17 Neverland Valley Ranch, correct?

18 A. That’s correct.

19 Q. So the link between the Tavasci/MJJ

20 Productions phone and the Marc Schaffel phone is

21 incorrect; is that what you’re saying?

22 A. That’s correct.

23 Q. Okay. Were there any calls between the

24 Schaffel phone and the Tavasci phone for that day?

25 A. No.

26 Q. Okay. So the 12 calls between the

27 Tavasci/MJJ Production phone and the Neverland

28 Valley Ranch phone began at what time that day? 8391

1 A. 8:48 a.m.

2 Q. And what time did they cease?

3 A. At 8:19 p.m.

4 Q. Is the chart — excuse me, is the

5 spreadsheet behind the chart accurate, to your

6 recollection?

7 A. Yes, it is.

8 Q. Okay. And is that how you realized the

9 actual chart that’s up on the screen is incorrect

10 with respect to the link between the Evvy Tavasci

11 phone and the Marc Schaffel phone?

12 A. That’s correct.

13 Q. The call between the Amen phone and the

14 Schaffel phone, what time did that occur, please?

15 A. At 1757 hours.

16 Q. And that was a one-minute call?

17 A. One-minute duration.

18 MR. NICOLA: Your Honor, I’ll move to strike

19 this chart, Exhibit 879.

20 It is 879, correct?

21 THE WITNESS: Correct.

22 MR. NICOLA: Pending correction.

23 MR. SANGER: Well, I object to that. It’s

24 been referred to in front of the jury, so it should

25 remain. And they can present a corrected chart if

26 they want.

27 MR. NICOLA: We can do that.

28 THE COURT: I think that’s the way to do it. 8392

1 Q. BY MR. NICOLA: Did that take you through

2 your daily obligation?

3 A. It did.

4 MR. NICOLA: Thank you.

5 Your Honor, I have no further questions at

6 this time.

7 THE COURT: All right. We’ll take our break

8 and then you can do your cross.

9 (Recess taken.)

This is the falsified evidence that Jackson advocate William Wagener has repeatedly mentioned in his quest to get a criminal indictment against Tom Sneddon (along with the falsified fingerprint evidence from the Grand Jury proceedings).

Under cross examination, the very first point that Sanger sought to establish to the jury was that Jackson did not make or receive any of the dozens of phone calls that Bonner analyzed:

22 CROSS-EXAMINATION

23 BY MR. SANGER:

24 Q. Okay. Some big-picture questions. First of

25 all — I don’t really want to go through the exact

26 times of minutes of everything, but there are some

27 big-picture questions.

28 First of all, in all these phone records 8393

1 that you analyzed, were you able to determine from

2 the phone records whether or not Michael Jackson was

3 ever on a single call?

4 A. No.

Next, Sanger goes over some other important topics in order to establish to the jury that Mark Schaffel had employees working for him from his home office, the steps involved in completing a phone call to a hotel, billing practices by phone carriers for calls that are less than a minute long: